I use one all the time for taking stuff from work to home and back. I also found out that they are tougher than you think.

I use an Apacer Handy Steno 2.0. One day I washed some laundry but forgot to take it out of my pants pocket. When I got my laundry out of the dryer, I found my memory stick. It was so hot that the metal piece on the strap actually burned my hand. I figured it was shot, but after it cooled down I tried it out. I got my data off it just fine and I'm still using it!